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Eleanor Heeps was pleased to see her development this campaign recognised as she put pen to paper on a new deal with the Club.

The young shot stopper joined us in the summer of 2021, having spent five years in Liverpool’s academy, and following a number of years of progression in and around our first team squad, Eleanor has made her mark in our colours during this campaign.

Handed her competitive debut in the win over Aston Villa in the Women’s League Cup in November, 2024, Eleanor has gone on to make six appearances this term, with two of those coming in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Rewarded with a new contract that will run until 2028, she was delighted to commit her future with the Club and was full of pride for what she has achieved so far this term.

“I’m really pleased,” she told SPURSPLAY. “The Club has really supported my development and I’m excited to continue my journey here.

“I’m pleased that the Club have recognised what I’ve been doing. I’ve been working really hard in training every day to try to prove myself, so I’m delighted that they have been able to recognise that.”

“I feel it has been a good season, having made my debut and everything around it. I’m really proud of what I have achieved this campaign and I’m just keen to keep pushing on.”

Following her assertive performance against Villa, where she manage to preserve a clean sheet, Eleanor then earned her first start in the WSL – a 2-1 win over Everton in December at Brisbane Road – and these were special moments in her career to date.

“It was just a proud moment for me,” she added. “It was quite a big occasion, but my team-mates were so supportive, and I think to also keep that clean sheet on my debut, that was important as well.

“Then it was good to achieve that (WSL debut), I was slightly nervous before the game against Everton but, again, it was a proud moment for me and I felt that game went really well.

“I think I have learnt a lot in these games, I have been training for the last three or so years now so now to get those games, it was important, and I can take those learnings on my journey over the next couple of seasons here.”

Since becoming a Lilywhite back in August, 2021, Eleanor has worked alongside a number of experienced goalkeepers and coaching staff, and she was full of praise for those that have helped her on her journey.

“I have worked with some great goalkeepers in my time here and also great goalkeeper coaches, all of those have been really important for my development.

“This season, Chris (Williams) has been important, he has been with me every step of the way this term. I can take everything from this season, the training, who I have worked with, the games, it’s really important that I bring that into next season.”

We’re back in WSL action on Sunday with Aston Villa the visitors to Brisbane Road – tickets remain available – as we begin our final stretch of the 2024/25 campaign, with only four fixtures left to play.

New contract: Eleanor Heeps  Tottenham Hotspur

We are delighted to announce that Eleanor Heeps has signed a new contract with the Club, which will run until 2028.

Arriving from Liverpool in August, 2021, where she spent five years in their academy, the young shot stopper has impressed in a breakthrough season in our colours.

The 21-year-old was handed her competitive debut for the Club in a 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the Subway Women’s League Cup in November, 2024, where she preserved a clean sheet to help us top our group and qualify for the next round.

After impressing with an assertive performance against Villa, Eleanor then made her first Barclays Women’s Super League start in the 2-1 win over Everton at Brisbane Road in December.

In total, she has featured in six games for us in all competitions across this campaign, with two in the WSL, three in the Women’s League Cup, and one in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup.

Her impressive displays this term were also recognised outside of the Club, with Eleanor receiving a maiden call-up to the England Under-23s squad in February and was involved with the Young Lionesses for the April international break.

The Barclays Women’s Super League broadcast selection has been confirmed for game week 21, with our London derby against Chelsea on Sunday 4 May selected for television coverage.

This means that kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium moves to a slightly later time, with the match now set to begin at 2.15pm.

It will be televised live on BBC.

Our Under-21s' Premier League 2 season came to a disappointing, albeit dramatic end on Monday night as our 10 men suffered a 5-4 home defeat to Everton.

Braiden Graham netted four goals for the Toffees and was later joined on the scoresheet by Reece Welch as the visitors capitalised on the first-half dismissal of Tyrell Ashcroft to surge into a 5-0 lead at Stevenage.

Looking well and truly beaten with less than a quarter-of-an-hour left, we staged an astonishing late rally to pull it back to 5-4 - and you felt we might have stolen the most unlikely of points if we'd had a couple more minutes still to play.

Damola Ajayi got us off the mark on 76 minutes before Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny netted a fine free-kick to open his account for the Club, with Oli Irow's penalty and substitute Max McKnight's stoppage-time strike putting our depleted side on the verge of a sensational comeback.

But it wasn't to be, and there was a sense of disappointment among the players and staff after the game, having conceded five goals at home.

More to follow...

Here is the ticket information for our Premier League clash against West Ham at the London Stadium on Saturday 3 May, kick-off 3pm.

* Please note - this fixture’s date and kick-off time will be subject to change should we progress to the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League (semi-final legs scheduled for 1 and 8 May).

Season Ticket Holders can now apply online or by submitting an application form, which can be obtained from the Ticket Office, no later than 5pm on Sunday 20 April.

In the event that tickets are oversubscribed for this match they will be allocated in line with the Club’s ticketing point scheme.

Ticketing Points: 1.

Safe standing

The London Stadium has safe standing in the upper tier of the visitors section. We will contact all successful applicants advising how a seated ticket can been requested.

Digital tickets

For this fixture we will be issuing our allocation as digital tickets.

As for home games, a link will be sent to the assigned supporter via email to download their ticket to their Apple/Google Wallet. This link will be sent to the individual successful Season Ticket Holder and not to the lead applicant.

Any supporter who is successful with their application and who does not have a compatible device will be able to submit a request to receive a paper ticket. These requests will be monitored and the ticket may only be available to collect on the day of the fixture at the London Stadium on production of photographic ID.

An entertaining game finished 1-1 with Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday evening, leaving our Europa League quarter-final tie delicately poised ahead of next week’s trip to Germany.

Although we deserved more on the night after a dominant performance against the side placed third in the Bundesliga, we had to settle for the draw after Pedro Porro’s clever flick cancelled out Hugo Ekitike’s early opener for the German side.

Lucas Bergvall cracked a long-ranger against the woodwork, Rodrigo Bentancur hit the crossbar with a header and Eintracht’s Brazilian goalkeeper Kaua Santos made three wonderful saves to deny Heung-Min Son, James Maddison and Micky van de Ven – the latter right at the end of the game – as we created a hatful of chances, giving us plenty of hope that we can do so again in Frankfurt next Thursday.

It was a proper European atmosphere as the game got underway, both sets of fans making themselves heard and we made a bright start before conceding early. For the opening five minutes we barely gave Frankfurt a kick but were punished in the sixth minute when Maddison was dispossessed midway inside the German side’s half. Ellyes Skhiri played a quick ball out wide left for Ekitike, who advanced on goal, drifted inside Pedro Porro and hit a low, right-footed curling shot into the far corner.

We responded well though, continuing to dominate possession and were getting into good positions out wide only for Frankfurt to keep us out with some good defending, until the 26th minute when we drew level. Dominic Solanke ran into the channel to receive Son’s pass, held it up and laid off to the supporting Maddison whose low cross was superbly flicked home by Pedro Porro, his 10th goal in our colours.

The pattern of play continued for the remainder of the first half, with us enjoying plenty of the ball but we didn’t test Santos in the visitors’ goal. Instead, it was Frankfurt with a glorious chance to regain the lead seconds before the interval as they got in again down their left through Arthur Theate with numbers over in the box but it fell to Ekitike and his shot was saved easily by Guglielmo Vicario.

And it was Frankfurt with the opening chance of the second period too, again after we’d started brightly, this time Jean-Matteo Bahoya in a great position on the corner of the six-yard box but he chose to cross rather than shoot and Bergvall blocked before we cleared the danger. The Swedish teenager then so nearly gave us the lead with a stunning drive which was going in until the last moment as it curled away and thumped against the corner of bar and post, before Santos pulled off a superb save to push Son’s curler over the bar. And, from the corner, Bentancur climbed highest only to see his header clip the crossbar.

Suddenly the game was opening up, with Santos making another stop to keep out a Maddison drive while Bahoya scooped over the bar at the other end after a swift Frankfurt break and Bentancur won another header from a corner, this time straight at Santos as the game entered its final quarter. We made a triple change with 10 minutes left, Maddison, Son and Destiny Udogie replaced by Pape Matar Sarr, Mathys Tel and Djed Spence as we looked for one final push to get ahead and went close in the 83rd minute when Spence overlapped Tel and delivered a low cut-back which Johnson fired high over the bar. Then, in the final minute of stoppage time, we almost nicked it. Pedro Porro clipped over a free-kick to the back post which Bentancur headed back across goal with van de Ven glancing a header which bounced down and was going in until Santos leapt up to tip it over the bar.

We can confirm the starting line-ups and substitutes for this evening's Europa League quarter-final first leg tie with Eintracht Frankfurt (8pm UK).

Ange Postecoglou has made two changes from the team that started Sunday's 3-1 win over Southampton and it is two alterations in defence.

Micky van de Ven returns to the team in place of Ben Davies while Destiny Udogie comes in for Djed Spence.

That means the back five of Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky and Destiny start together for the first time since 27 October, 2024.

Our full line-up is as follows...

Starting XI: Vicario, Pedro Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke, Son (c).

Substitutes: Austin, Whiteman, Spence, Davies, Gray, Sarr, Bissouma, Moore, Odobert, Richarlison, Tel.

Spurs vs Eintracht Frankfurt  Tottenham Hotspur

The much-anticipated quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League are finally upon us as we host German side Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg tonight (Thursday 10 April) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Here’s all the key info you need...

What time is kick-off against Eintracht Frankfurt?

Tonight’s match gets underway at 8pm UK.

How can I watch the game?

The match will be televised live in the UK on TNT Sports 3.

You can also follow all the action via the Spurs Official app and here on tottenhamhotspur.com, as our Match Centre brings you live text and audio commentary plus stats, pictures and more.

What is the team news?

Ange Postecoglou reported no fresh injury concerns coming out of Sunday’s Premier League win over Southampton.

Richarlison was back on the bench for that match and could feature tonight while it remains to be seen when Dejan Kulusevski and Kevin Danso will be available as they continue their respective comebacks.

Radu Dragusin is out long-term with a knee injury and is ineligible for the latter stages of the Europa League anyway along with Fraser Forster, Antonin Kinsky, Sergio Reguilon and Timo Werner.

Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp has been injured of late for Eintracht Frankfurt along with Ansgar Knauff, Elye Wahi and Timothy Chandler.

Oscar Hojlund and Junior Dina Ebimbe are ineligible to feature for the visitors.

Who is the referee?

Polish referee Szymon Marciniak takes charge tonight, assisted by Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik with Paweł Raczkowski as the fourth official.

Alejandro Hernández and assistant Cesar Soto Grado will be on VAR duties.

What colours will the teams be playing in?

We’ll be wearing our traditional all-Lilywhite European strip this evening, with our goalkeeper in yellow.

Eintracht Frankfurt will wear orange shirts, black shorts and orange socks, with their keeper in turquoise.

What will the weather conditions be like?

There’ll be clear skies and light winds in north London tonight, with temperatures at around 14 degrees.

How can I get the matchday programme and what’s included?

Micky van de Ven stars on the cover and speaks in our exclusive main feature interview inside tonight’s official matchday programme. Also featuring Ange Postecoglou’s exclusive column, plus a whole lot more, it’s available for the usual £4 at the game. Copies can be purchased around the stadium or online here for delivery direct to your door.

What is the travel information if I’m going to the game?

Travel information is available here for supporters attending tonight’s fixture in person at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.